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Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian , from Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬈𐬯𐬀𐬙𐬈 (duuesate).[1] Cognate with Sogdian (dwyst). Displaced by دوصد (do-sad) in eastern dialects of Persian.
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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duwīst
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| Iranian reading?
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devist
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Numeral
دویست • (devist)
- (Iran, archaic elsewhere) two hundred
References
- ^ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 85